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Somerset and Kent probate records go online

Abstracts of Somerset medieval wills and indexes of Kent wills and administrations have recently gone online.

The Origins Network has made more probate records available online at the National Wills Index website.

Somerset Medieval Wills Abstracts 1385-1558

This volume contains full abstracts (summaries) to wills for Somerset testators proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. These abstracts contain a complete summary of the details contained within each will and includes all names and places (testators, executors, witnesses and beneficiaries) plus incidental information such as relationships and occupations where found in the original documents.

Additional Kent Probate Indexes 1440-1857

Kent has the largest collection of probate records of any English county, but there are as yet no published indexes to much of this material. Indexes to all of these records will become available on the National Wills Index in 2012. Kent probate indexes currently available are:

West Kent Wills Index, 1440-1857

This is a dataset of the wills proved in the Archdeaconry & Consistory Courts of Rochester and the Peculiar of Cliffe, c1440-1857. Together these cover the following courts and dates:

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[…] This volume contains full abstracts (summaries) to wills for Somerset testators proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. These abstracts contain a complete summary of the details contained within each will and includes all names and places (testators, executors, witnesses and beneficiaries) plus incidental information such as relationships and occupations where found in the original documents.Source: wordpress.com […]